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Name

I wear your name
like worn-out old sneakers
where the colour has faded,
the edges are frayed
and the memory of you
hardly seems real anymore.

I hold on to it,
it is my box of trinkets,
my precious little treasure
that keeps me safe
and links me to a past
I never really outgrew.

Some nights I wake up screaming,
my heart pounding in my chest
with a grief so deep
it threatens to destroy me
I reach out into the darkness
to find what is missing

and then I remember,
your name
on a chain around my neck
weighing me down like an anchor
but I know
I will wear it nonetheless.




Poetry by Nathalia
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Written on 2023-02-25 at 15:51

Tags Love  Loss  Memories 

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Nathalia
Have a great week!
2023-02-26


Nathalia
Indeed. I'll keep that in mind.
2023-02-26


D G Moody The PoetBay support member heart!
A wise man said; When people say hurtful things, it says more about them than about you.
2023-02-26



I like this poem. Well done.
Helen
2023-02-26


Nathalia
To Urban Duck,
I don't mind criticism, after all, it's part of life to be criticized every now and then, but I think it should be to the point and not be deliberately hurtful
2023-02-26



I don't know why everybody on this site say that it's a marvelous poem...but ok, I don't like Beyonce too and she is mainstream
2023-02-26


D G Moody The PoetBay support member heart!
technically and emotionally a tour de force, a great combination; I can only add my own appreciation - Bravo Nathalia
2023-02-25


Farah Khalid
OMG! this is really deep!! love it
2015-04-30


Nathalia
Thanks you guys. You're the best!
:-) Love Nathalia
2015-03-30


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
i love all your poems for their honesty, and because they always express something vital.
2015-03-29



Written with clarity and skill. Moving.
2015-03-29


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
This is really, really well written. Bravo!
2015-03-29


Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
It is the little things that ground us to a past, painful or not, expressive and touching

Elle x
2015-03-29


jenks The PoetBay support member heart!
It is our anchors that bring us home again.
You express yourself very well with a style I find easy.
I look forward to more.
2015-03-29


jim The PoetBay support member heart!
You express ideas so well, yet there is always an air of the unknowable in your poems.
2015-03-29



I like this poem very much. It evokes a somewhat conflicting series of very human feelings. I like the way you start it with a blunt statement, and it ends with a conclusion that makes the reader wonder about many things. Well done.
Ashe
2015-03-29